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Texas Art Teacher Certification Exam

Subjects : teaching, arts
Instructions:
  • Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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1. Paintings with the emphasis on inner emotions - sensations - or ideas rather than actual appearances






2. Where the revolving door was fully developed






3. Processes designed to produce tonal effects






4. Made possible by the contrariety between grease and water - printing produced through the use of ink on a flat surface (e.g. - stone or metal - A print produced by a printing process in which a smooth surface is treated so that the ink will adhere on






5. Watercolor with inert white pigment mixed in. Inert pigment is pigment that becomes colorless or virtually colorless paint. In gouache - it serves to make the color opaque - which means it is used at full length - watercolor mixed with a high concent






6. A style of abstractionism popular in the 1960s - modern technique with which a painter creates optical illusions with the use of dazzling patterns - abstract art athat uses geometric shapes and vivid colors to create optical illusions - such as an il






7. Yarn arranged lengthways on a loom and crossed by the woof






8. To raise a relief design on the surface of paper through pressure-raised paper to form image - with or without ink printed






9. A print made using a stencil process in which an image or design is superimposed on a very fine mesh screen and printing ink is squeegeed onto the printing surface through the area of the screen that is not covered by the stencil






10. Embroidery done in cross-stitch on fine single net






11. The threads running from side to side across a fabric; wool






12. Italian 'light-dark'. The gradation of light and dark values in two-dimensional imagery; especially the illusion of rounded - three-dimensional form created through gradations of light and shade rather than line.






13. Period in which stained glass windows were introduced for church decoration






14. Joining small pieces of metal together using molten metal - bonding metals and alloys that melt at temperatures below 840






15. Printmaking where the design is scratched into the steel plate with a hard - steel tool






16. Something that supports a sculpture






17. A plain woven lightweight - extremely sheer - airy - and soft silk fabric - containing highly twisted filament yarns. The fabric - used mainly in evening dresses and scarves - can also be made from rayon and other manufactured fibers






18. Spanish founder of cubism; made Les Demoiselles d'Avignon to seek to create a new visual reality and provoke revolutionary upheaval; his figures are broken into large - flat planes with dislocated body parts; used African masks; very non-Western; Gue






19. French painter who was an early cubist (1881-1955) - Influences include hard sharp precision of a machine age






20. Shading consisting of multiple crossing lines






21. A water-base paint made with casein (which is a protein precipitated from milk)






22. A fabric-dyeing method which uses wax to coat areas that don't need to be dyed






23. The amount of light reflected by a hue






24. A decorative design made of one material sewn over another






25. Printing process in which the printing plate that has raised that is rolled with ink to print.






26. An Italian movement begun shortly before and during WWI. It depicted dynamic movement and stressed the violence and speed of the Machine Age. They advocated revolution and glorified war.(Balla - Severini - Boccioni)






27. French Painter - who started his career as a caricaturist - then converted to landscape painting by his early mentor Boudin. From 1890 he concentrated on series of pictures in which he painted the same subject at different times of the day in differe






28. Method of painting in which the colors are mixed with egg yolk or other substances - instead of oil






29. Incised engraving - the process of printing from engraved plates - a printing process that uses an etched or engraved plate - ex: the plate is smeared with ink and Then wiped clean. The ink left in the recesses is what makes the print.






30. An enameling technique in which thin wire partitions-cloisons-are filled with enamel. It is an art form practiced in ancient Byzantium






31. A coarse - inexpensive - woven fabric; often used for making grain sacks






32. This technique is so called because its finished prints often resemble watercolors or wash drawings. It is a favorite method of printmakers to achieve a wide range of tonal values. The technique consists of exposing the plate to acid through a layer






33. Which emphasized the artist's free expression of emotion - flourished in Germany in the year immediately prior to the outbreak of World War I. Georges Rouault (1871-1958) - a French painter - is regarded as this type of painter. Portrayal of reality






34. A plate makes an inked impression on a rubber-blanketed cylinder - which in turn transfers it to the paper






35. A structure consisting of something wound in a continuous series of loops






36. Technique of shading using dots to control value






37. A loom with an attachment for forming openings for the passage of the shuttle between the warp threads - French inventor of the Jacquard loom that could automatically weave complicated patterns (1752-1834)






38. In lithography - a waxy substance used to draw or paint images on a lithographic stone or plate






39. A coarse cotton fabric stiffened with glue - stiff-finished cotton or linen used for linings of garments






40. An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing - An artistic movement that sought to capture a momentary feel - or impression - of the piece they were drawing






41. Term used to describe the many degrees of shading between black and white






42. Network Interface Card; the device that enables a workstation to connect to the network and communicate with other computers.






43. Enameling technique - used more gold and less color than cloisonne. Starts with thick gold piece - cut tiny troughs wherever want color to be - gold is most prominent in end - rarely has patterns engraved.






44. Joining of two metals above 800F (most common) - the process of joining metal with a filler rod that melts at a temperature below the metal being joined - Uses a molten filler metal to crate joints. Capillary action is required to distribute the fill






45. The dimension of color that is determined by the wavelength of light; what we know as the color names blue - green - and so forth.






46. Date: 1839-1906 Important: Painted Mount Saint Victoire in Aix en- Provence over 60 times. Each painting is different b/c of angle and light -Trust your own eyes - and fanatic for the truth -Light- vibrations of color-Like an impressionist- heavy han






47. Pale green






48. Creates blue dye






49. A solid screen - covered with icons - at the front of the church - dividing the sanctuary from the body of the building.






50. Produces a red dye - the chemical name for rust